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You've been taken in by Glorious Gordon. Remember he was once chancellor, before he became Prime Minister, and when did all our monetary troubles commmence? He has had thirteen years to sort it out but has he???

And don't forget he was not elected. I wonder if there had been an election would he have become the next Prime Minister?

I'm old enough to remember 18 years of Tory misrule.Where do people get the idea that the electorate elect the Prime Minister? We vote for Members of Parliament and the leader of the party with the most seats becomes Prime Minister and is supposedly "First among Equals" in the Cabinet. We are, thank God, not Americans.John Major took over from Thatcher and we didn't get all this ill informed 'nobody voted for him' then.

I voted Tory this time - the Toffs made this country rich long before Labour were even thought of - and how can one trust a man who spent all our GOLD, pocketed money from Conservative fiscal canniness in 1997 (I wont mention the billions taken from pension funds, selling off mobile phone licences etc etc) yet he FAILED abysmally to save for a rainy day as he believed "NO more BOOM and BUST" - HUH - do we really need a man that naive??

Also if he really believed in electoral reform then why not support it back in 1997 when it was first muted by the Labour Govt?? again at that time they thought they might need Lib Dem support but when they didin't they preferred the 1st past the post system.

Rotten to the core. If not rotten then weak and a poor judge of financial management. Us older housewives could teach him a thing or two . .

I voted Labour and was proud to do so. I remember those long dark 18 years. And working in a school and supporting parents I see just what that woman did to the very fabric of our society. That said, Labour got it very wrong letting so many new EU people in so quickly and many communities, mine included, imploded.

Someone should mention the good things that are happening; in schools, forinstance- that our children are encouraged to think; to understand how they learn and to see themselves as equals in society. I came from a more 'shut up an learn your place' system, where it was okay to accept that some people have entitlement and some do not. Just look around us, society complains about EVERYTHING, which is a leap from the days of everyone putting up with crap, because that was their role.We are just as responsible for our financial mess as the governments; we support the banks and pay the asking price. We give other people our authority and moan when they don't do a good enough job.A little gratitude, for some parts of our lives, goes a long way towards making this world a better place for everyone.

Hello Judith ! I am writing from Switzerland and I have just read your book on this week-end.I am swiss but I learned english in London. I had much pleasure to read, it is so lively. But you have had a very very hard time there with so small children and all the mess and the husband away. I dont find the book humoristic as I think of how bad you have felt in all these awful situations.

Your little girl is just as a dream for you. I am happy for you that you get this little present to help you going on.

About the labour party : if I where english I would vote for Brown, he is an intelligent man.The new 3rd one (!) doesnt convince me at all.

Judith, your next blog is awaited - all is on a knife-edge, and I would love to read your take on it! I would prefer a Tory/Lib alliance (or a Tory minority govt) giving Labour a chance to regroup. It's a mixture of sad, scary and exciting...